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Sometimes I think it's a shame, when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.
Gordon Lightfoot
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Gordon Lightfoot
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 17
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Gordon Meredith Lightfoot
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All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters.
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Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birth, like an empty cradle waiting to be filled. And from the heart of God the Spirit moved upon the earth, like a mother breathing life into her child.
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I'm a little nuts. I'm a lot nuts. All I know is that in the midst of the madness of this world it's my therapy. The music touches my heartstrings.
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The strength of his will was the tool of his trade.
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I got to sing solo in the junior choir when I was 10 or 11 and won a competition, and my sister's piano playing improved to a certain level. One time my sister and I worked together. The first song we ever sang in High School was Rags to Riches by Tony Bennett.
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Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
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Everything is trust, all the rest is dust.
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Give me a wave I can ride upon, come and show your strength to me.
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I don't know where we went wrong, but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back.
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I can remember sitting in a cabin outside of Denver writing that with a can of soup on the stove.
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My first song was Hula Hoop Song, in 1955. It was a novelty song. I had to find someway to reach out and it was with a novelty song. Now, all of my recording obligations have been taken care of. I made 14 albums for Warner Brothers. Five for United Artist before that.
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There is always something wrong with a song, you can't be perfect.
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I had lots of friends who were fighting in Vietnam and I am still friends with veterans of the war.
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When love is true there is no truer occupation.
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It seems so lucky to just to have the right of telling you with all my might, you're beautiful tonight.
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Of course I knew The Band's Canadian keyboard player, the late Richard Manuel, but I didn't play that night because I was there as a guest with my record executives. People ask, why didn't you play? If I had known I was going to be playing then I would have been prepared for it.
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Will you gather daydreams or will you gather wealth? How can you find your fortune when you cannot find yourself?
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There was a TV show called Thank Your Lucky Stars, with the catchphrase I'll give it five! The Beatles and Stones were so popular when they were on it. One week The Beatles were number one and then the Stones were right on their heels.
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I can see her lying back in her faded dress in a room where do what you don't confess.
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She is my flower and she blooms for the one who loves her best.
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